Problems of Secondary School Teachers with Special Reference to Eastern Zone of Arunachal Pradesh

Abstract

There is no doubt that secondary education serves as the gateway to higher education. To make this stage of education successful and relevant to society, there is a need to provide quality education at this stage, which will create a balance between continued learning and the world of work. The key elements on which quality education depends are students' and teachers’ performance, evaluation procedures, proper management, adherence to time frames, and infrastructure support in achieving the set goals. A wealth of research findings indicates that secondary education conditions and management in India are not very satisfying. Some of the major problems are lack of infrastructure, limited funding, overcrowded classes, low enrollment, unfavourable home conditions, and financial mismanagement. Therefore, the interest of the researchers was to study about the problems of secondary school teachers in the Eastern Zone of Arunachal Pradesh. Descriptive-normative survey method was used. 286 teachers of secondary schools in the Eastern Zone of Arunachal Pradesh were taken as sample of the study by using stratified random sampling technique. The data was collected by using the self developed questionnaire. Percentage is the medium of analysis. The findings reveal that government secondary school teachers, despite earning good salaries and having secure jobs, are dissatisfied with their postings in various districts of the Eastern Zone of Arunachal. This dissatisfaction is primarily due to lack of infrastructure facilities and accommodation, deteriorating infrastructure, unhygienic toilets, overcrowded classrooms, inadequate safe drinking water facilities, lack of motivation to teach, unfamiliarity with using ICT or smart classrooms, overburden of administrative tasks, and additional periods assigned to them for non-specialized subjects in rural areas.